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From: zymurgy on 30 Sep 2009 08:59 On 30 Sep, 13:50, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the > French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? 1) The Sun, and the rest of the redtops. 2) The people who think we still have a British Empire, and that Europe/The EU is subservient to the British Bulldog. HTH Paul.
From: Leszek Karlik on 30 Sep 2009 09:10 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <rosbif(a)gmail.com> wrote: [...] > But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the > French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt? :-> Also Orleans, Formigny and Castillon. Not to mention Trafalgar and Waterloo. And I guess it all started at Hastings. ;-) -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: Chris H on 30 Sep 2009 09:29 Cab wrote: > I'm expecting [1] some wonderful responses to this but hopefully some > sensible ones too. > > I know that a lot of you love coming over here and enjoy the roads. > The ex-pat population is sizeable in France now and there are loads of > other "links" between England and France. > > But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the > French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? </troll> For the similar reasons that Arabs hate Israeli's. There's no more bitter and long lasting a conflict as occurs between brothers. <troll> <sits back and pours a glass of wine> -- Chris H, FZS1000, two#55 He's predictable, but that's to be expected. Please remove the numbers to reply
From: Leszek Karlik on 30 Sep 2009 09:35 On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:29:10 +0200, Chris H <fazer.1000thousand(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: [...] > </troll> > For the similar reasons that Arabs hate Israeli's. Israeli's what? > <sits back and pours a glass of wine> <Bob The Angry Flower waves at you> -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: bod43 on 30 Sep 2009 09:40
On 30 Sep, 14:10, "Leszek Karlik" <les...(a)hell.pl> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:50:18 +0200, Cab <ros...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > [...] > > > But why is it that there is always an air of "The English hate the > > French" (and vv, I suppose)? What is(are) the reason(s)? > > Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt? :-> > Also Orleans, Formigny and Castillon. > Not to mention Trafalgar and Waterloo. > > And I guess it all started at Hastings. ;-) http://www.historyguy.com/anglo_french.html Norman Invasion of England, (1066) -William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and a Anglo-French War, (1109-1113) Anglo-French War, (1116-1119) Anglo-French War, (1123-1135) Anglo-French War, (1159-1189) Anglo-French War, (1202-1204) Anglo-French War, (1213-1214) Anglo-French War, (1242-1243) Anglo-French War, (1294-1298) Anglo-French War, (1300-1303) The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)-The Hundred Years' War was actually a series of wars Anglo-French War, (1337-1360) Anglo-French War, (1369-1373) Anglo-French War, (1412-1420) Anglo-French War, (1423-1453) Anglo-French War, (1475) Anglo-French War, (1488) -Also known as Henry VII's Invasion of Brittany. Anglo-French War, (1489-1492) -Also known as Henry VII's Second Invasion of Brittany. Anglo-French War, (1510-1513)-Also known as the War of the Holy League, England joined Anglo-French War, (1521-1526)-Henry VIII joined the Hapsburg Empire in a war against Anglo-French War, (1542-1546)-Henry VIII again joined the Hapsburg Empire in a war Anglo-French War, (1549-1550)-French King Henry II declared war with the intention of Anglo-French War, (1557-1560)-England's Queen Mary drew her country into war allied to Anglo-French War, (1589-1593)-England was caught up in the great Protestant-Catholic Anglo-French War, (1627-1628)-Also known in France as the Third Bearnese Revolt, England Anglo-French War, (1666-1667) Anglo-French War, (1689-1697)-Known in Europe as the War of the League of Augsburg AND Anglo-French War, (1702-1712)-Known in Europe as the War of the Spanish Succession, in Anglo-French War, (1744-1748)-Known in Europe as the War of the Austrian Succession and Anglo-French War, (1749-1754)-Known in India as the Second Carnatic War. The British Anglo-French War, (1755-1763)-Known in Europe as the Seven Years' War and in North Anglo-French War, (1779-1783)-Also known as the American Revolution. Also involved Wars of the French Revolution, (1792-1802)-The Wars of the French Revolution spanned a Austro-Prussian Invasion of France, (1792)-In support of the deposed, but still War of the First Coalition, (1792-1798)-Britain, Austria, Prussia, Spain, Russia, War of the Second Coalition, (1798-1801)-Britain, Austria, Russia, Portugal, Naples War of the Third Coalition, (1805-1807) The Napoleonic Wars, (1802-1815) And then there is Dunkirk and generally running away and leaving the French to their fate by the Nazis (from a French pov) |